Butter-can



(No Model.)

J. E. LEVASSEUR.

BUTTER GAN.

Patented May 7, 1889.

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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFIC JOHN EDWARD LEVASSEUR, OF MONTIOELLO, IOlVA, ASSIGNOR TO GREEN- LIEF XV. SIMPSON, OF SOMERVILLE, MASSACHUSETTS.

BUTTER-CAN.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 403,054, dated May '7, 1889.

Application filed March 27, 1889. Serial No. 305,016. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, JOHN EDWARD LEVAs- SEUR, a citizen of the United States, and a resident of Monticello, in the county of Jones and State of Iowa, have invented new and useful Improvem ents in Butter=Cans, of which the following, taken in connection with the accompanying drawings, is a specification.

This invention relates to improvements in butter-cans for the purpose of hermetically sealing butter for transportation, storage, or otherwise, and it relates particularly to means for opening the bottom end of the can when the butter is to be used, as will hereinafter be more fully shown and described, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, wherein- Figure 1 represents a side elevation of the improved butter-can, a portion of which is shown in section. Fig. 2 representsa bottom View of the same, showing a portion of its binder-strip and key or lever in section; and Fig. 3 represents a detail section on the line X X shown in Fig. 1.

Similar letters refer to similar parts wherever they occur on the different parts of the v drawings.

a represents the can-body, having a shouldered and flaring upper end, a, adapted to receive the sink-cover in a manner somewhat similar to what is shown in the United States Letters Patent granted to me March 27,1888, No. 380,211,Which cover is hermetically sealed to the upper edge of the can-body by means of suitable softsolder or alloy, 0, as shown in Fi 1.

The can-body a has near its lower end an annular swell shoulder or projection, a", as shown in Figs. 1 and 3, and to the lower end of said can-body is loosely fitted the detachable bottom d, provided at its circumference with an upwardly projecting annular rim, d, adapted to pass outside of the lower edge of the can-body, as shown in the drawings.

e is a metal binder-strip that is soldered to the annular projection a" and outside of the rim d of the bottom (Z by means of soft solder or alloy, f f, (shown in Figs. 1 and 3,) which strip, after passing completely around said projection and bottom rim, terminates as a tongue or flap, e, that is secured in a suitable in the now filled can.

manner to the angular or knee-shaped key or lever g, preferably provided in its vertical portion with a slotted perforation, 9, through which the tongue or flap e is passed, as shown, 5 5 and preferably secured at this place to the said key by means of soft solder or alloy or other equivalent means. The horizontal portion of the said key is preferably made T- shaped, as shown at g in the drawings, and adapted to lie flushagainst the under side of the bottom d, as shown, so as to be outof the way without offering any obstruction on the under side of the can, as shown.

The end of the tongue or flap e is preferably united to the binder-strip e by means of soft solder or alloy, as shown at h in Fig. 2, so as to prevent its being accidentally ripped off while handling or transporting the can.

Before filling the improved can the bottom d is hermetically secured to the lower portion of the can-body by means of the binder-strip e and the solder ff and the angular key secured to the tongue or flap 6', as above described, after which the butter is packed into the can and the sink-cover b hermetically sealed and secured to the upper end of said can-body, as mentioned, care being taken to exclude all or nearly all of the air from with- To open thecan it is preferably turned upside down, and by turning the horizontal portion of the key g in the direction as shown by arrow in Fig. 2 the binder-strip 6 will be gradually detached from the annular projeotion a and bottom rim, d, as it is being Wound upon the vertical portion of said key or lever, and when completely removed from its attachments to the can-body and bottom (Z the latter may be freely detached from the 0 can-body,and after a sufficient quantity of the contents of the can has been removed the bottom (1 can be put in place on the edge of the can-body, so as to serve as a removable top or cover until the can is emptied. By this 5 construction and arrangement a ready means is always at hand for the opening of the can without the aid of a special can-opener tool.

Having thus fully described the nature, construction, and operation of my invention,'I 10o wish to secure by Letters Patent and claim- The can=body having a permanently =attached cover, 1), in its upper end and a de- In testimonywhereofIhave signed myname tachable bottom, cl,adapted to fitagainst and to this specification, in the presence of two IO around its lower end, combined with a solsubscribing Witnesses, on this 13th day of dered metal binder-strip, e, having flap or Marc/11,18. D. 1889.

5' tongue 6, and an angular key secured to said JOHN ED\VARD LEVASSEUR.

flap and having its lower portion adapted to \Vitnesses: lie against the under side of the can-bottom, B. M. GAYLORD,

substantially as and for the purpose set forth. D. E. POND. 

